Calvin Welch

Inefficient by Design: San Francisco's Commissions Are Uncountable — and Unaccountable

San Francisco's progressive Board of Supervisors now more moderate

Precious Cargo

S.F.'s planning cults foolishly believe the city's industrial past can be preserved.

The Class of 2000

Eight years after being swept into office, a once-disorganized band of neighborhood leftists tries to create a citywide political machine.

Pay to Sway

Developers are funding junkets, buying equipment, and throwing parties for city planning staff. It doesn't smell right.

Sex&Murder

Joe Konopka was an anti-drug crusader. Terry Frazier was a bondage escort with a drug habit. Two months ago, their lives collided.

Whose Haight?

Street kids expect the neighborhood to welcome them as it did their forebears in the '60s, but residents, merchants, and cops are planning a different future

Save Bitchen Science!

Forget about cures for HIV and leukemia. Give us robo-warriors and high-tech Jesus boots.

You Don't Own Me

Touring the glamorous homes of the opponents of Prop. R, which would allow thousands of renters per year to buy their own apartments

Mark of Effectiveness

Why Mark Leno ought to serve in the Assembly, and Harry Britt should go back to New College

The Case for Ending Rent Control

Why Mark Leno ought to serve in the Assembly, and Harry Britt should go back to New College

Matt Smith

In a Galaxy Far Too Close to Home

Cothran

Choke Hold on City Hall

Cothran

Choke Hold on City Hall

Letters

Choke Hold on City Hall

Cothran

Choke Hold on City Hall

Lawyers, Bucks, and Books

Settlement talks on City College bookstore lawsuit collapse

Ringmaster Willie

Although Mayor Brown's opening acts have impressed, he's also allowed more than a few rogue elephants under his Big Top. We begin our stampede watch.

Weak Foundation

The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

Letters

The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

Hook, Line, & Stinker

Everyone loves the 49ers. But even love has its limits. Are taxpayers willing to subsidize millionaire owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr.'s dreams of a new stadium when economists say it's a bad deal

Letters

Everyone loves the 49ers. But even love has its limits. Are taxpayers willing to subsidize millionaire owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr.'s dreams of a new stadium when economists say it's a bad deal

Randy Shaw's Power Plays

Sixteen years ago, Randy Shaw started a housing clinic with $50 and a good idea: educating tenants. Now he's got more than $900,000 a year to spend -- and clout to match.

Welcome to S.F. Give Us Your Money

Sixteen years ago, Randy Shaw started a housing clinic with $50 and a good idea: educating tenants. Now he's got more than $900,000 a year to spend -- and clout to match.

Willie's Wild Ride

The Transport Workers Union contract with Muni is up for renewal, and TWU boss Larry Martin says that anybody who wants to roll back the union's cush work rules, lucrative salary structure, and handsome trust fund is a "racist" and can go to hell. Meet t

Dome and Dumber

Q: How's it possible to spend $244 million to renovate one city building? A: Do the words "toilet partition metal head assembly" mean anything to you?

Paper Trails

Q: How's it possible to spend $244 million to renovate one city building? A: Do the words "toilet partition metal head assembly" mean anything to you?

The Last Tycoon

Walter Shorenstein's skyscrapers shaped San Francisco. His cash configured City Hall. Publicly, he's pristine. But there's more than meets the eye to the man behind the megaliths.

The Last Tycoon (Part II)

Walter Shorenstein's skyscrapers shaped San Francisco. His cash configured City Hall. Publicly, he's pristine. But there's more than meets the eye to the man behind the megaliths.